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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Perfect Pound Cake (SMS)

This week's Sweet Melissa Sundays (SMS) recipe was chosen by Michele of Veggie Num Nums: Perfect Pound Cake. One of the few recipes I've been less than impressed with in baking along with Tuesdays with Dorie has been the Perfection Pound Cake. It was a bit dry and I would chock it up to baker error but several others made the same observation as well. So I was curious to see how this pound cake compared.

I must say that this recipe is much better. Now I'm not sure if that's because it truly is, or because I got lucky. You see, in my rush to get this done today, I only added 1-1/4 cups of cake flour instead of the 1-3/4 cups that you're supposed to add... oops! (I didn't even notice this until I peeked into the oven and it seemed a bit small - I then double checked the recipe and realized my error!) So while I found this pound cake to be nice and moist, I am not sure if that is because it's really a moist pound cake, or because I left out 1/2 cup of flour! I guess you'll have to visit the SMS Blogroll to see if everyone else found this pound cake just as moist as I did :)

Thanks Michele, for choosing this recipe. I may have found my go-to pound cake recipe (just have to make it again as directed to see if it's still just as great).

i’ve had terribly dry pound cake before, and it was vile. the only way to save it was to douse in strawberry juice, strawberries, and whipped cream, and suddenly, it became delicious! i’d much prefer to have a super moist version. :)

Haha, I'm terrible at forgetting to add things. The gingerbread we made a few month a go turned out really dry then I noticed a cup of veg oil sitting on my counter. I forgot to add the fat, silly me!!

Well, I totally messed up mine, and forgot to add the butter, but I'm going to make a note in the margin to try adding less flour in the off chance that I make it again. I'm glad that it was a success for you -- it certainly looks moist and delicious!

Hi, i love the look of your cake. I was reading the two recipes, the one in veggie num nums add heavy cream and the one in your old post of this pound cake doesn't. This confuse me a little. Dis you add heavy cream in this final cake? I think the detail of the heavy cream is important to get a moisture cake... Thank's and congrats... Your blog is really good!